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Old March 27th, 2013, 06:52 AM   #1
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SxS reader question

I am building a suite for a client and their crews shoot with SxS. The Mac Pro I will use will be running Snow Leopard and I will install all the uptodate Sony drivers. I am looking at this reader rather than the Sony USB reader and wonder if anyone has used it.

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It also supports push-push slot for easy insert of Express Cards.
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Supports all ExpressCard 34/54mm.

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Though I am not too familiar with SxS, I have cut with it but always been given a drive with media on it. In this case I assume from what I have read that you have to reboot for each card you insert.
Any advice or thoughts most welcome!
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Old March 28th, 2013, 06:30 AM   #2
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Re: SxS reader question

Works fine, but there are no drivers for mac, so u need to reboot when u swap cards, but its fast 64gb cards in 15mis.
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Old March 28th, 2013, 07:29 AM   #3
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Re: SxS reader question

Ive been using the sonnet sxs thunderbolt card reader, its simple and fast
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Old March 28th, 2013, 11:35 AM   #4
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Re: SxS reader question

No thunderbolt on the MacPro's :-(
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Old March 29th, 2013, 07:08 AM   #5
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Re: SxS reader question

Cheers Robert,
Thanks for the info, I will order one today. Since the client will be shooting mostly sports and news items I don't suspect they will be using multiple cards often so the reboot should not be too much hassle. I have suggested they use the adapter and Class 10 SDHC cards for the cameras but I am not sure they will go that route.
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